Production of fluorocarbons employing two catalyst zones
US4088704A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1977 |
| Grant date | May 9, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Highly chlorinated hydrocarbons having one to three carbons such as CCl.sub.4, C.sub.2 Cl.sub.6 and C.sub.3 Cl.sub.8 are reacted with HF in the presence of a fluorination catalyst such as gamma aluminum fluoride. The effluent is reacted with unhalogenated or underhalogenated hydrocarbons having 1 to 3 carbons, such as CH.sub.4, CH.sub.3 Cl, C.sub.2 H.sub.5 Cl, C.sub.2 H.sub.6, CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHCl and CFCl.dbd.CCl.sub.2, and O.sub.2 in the presence of an oxychlorination catalyst, such as cupric chloride with alkali halide or alkaline earth halide promoters on alpha aluminum fluoride. Fluorocarbons having 1 to 3 carbons such as CCl.sub.2 F.sub.2, C.sub.2 Cl.sub.3 F.sub.3 and C.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 F.sub.4 are separated from the effluent. Preferably, highly chlorinated materials are recycled onto the fluorination catalyst and underhalogenated materials are recycled onto the oxychlorination catalyst.
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